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%•*JJ Mj iJJAbilene. Texas. Sunday Morning, July 23. 1967“West Side Story,” the higt Diane Tyll has Hie part in this{Stripling. Mary Alice Thomas, teenage musical under the TitleIII program, will open at 8 30| is Rob Beck here, j Wooldridge, Greg Wheeler andp,m Thursday in Abilene Com Chita Rivera created the Anita| Keren Rickes munitv Theater. jrole in New York Susan! Susan Hallman is stageThe show, which is not part of Kemper has the part in this'manager. Dr. V\ A. Gregory is the regular ACT subscription production Larry Dean Reiman director and Marj Baucum series, wil! run July 27-28-29 arid plays her beau Bernardo. ;choreographer. Title I 1 i Aug. 3-4-5. Tom Cooper plays Riff, leader program here is administratedThe musical, a retelling of the of the villainous Jets. Gary:by David Sloan.Romeo and Juliet story in the Stephens is Chino, the Tybalt Admission for the show is $2 selling of a Puerto Rican slum eouncrpait. for adults, $1 for students.of New York, opened in New Richard Watson appears a Reservations may bo made by, OR 2-0625, betweeni 'ill ft • « t i. i «• * ' r ■ • — ' « r ' f »1957. Anybodys. Ken Black as Indio, 1-5 p.m. weekdays.C. E Bunk Icy as A-rab, Dan THF BOOK, based on a Corley as Diesel, Jack Gullahorn IN NEW YORK, the big musi-concept ion of famed as Pepe. Alan Kemper as Baby cal ran 284 performances and choreographer Jerome Robbins. John, Pat Lewis as Snow boy. wont on to run 732 times before was written by Arthur Laurents, Larry Lucas as Big Deal, Judy closingwho also penned “The Time of Smitv as Rosalia, Nancy Till “The musical season of 1957-58 the Cuckoo. man as Velma. Mary Wright as opened strong with West SideThe music for “West Side is Constiella. Story. said Louis Kronen-bv the distinguished American berger in the Best Playscomposer Leonard Bernstein, at OF THF ADI LT roles volume of that year, that time conductor of the New Warren Anderson appears as “'I his proved to be an York Philharmonic Orchestra Doc. Pete .Johnson as Lt extremely popular re-telling, in Lyrics are by Stephen Sond Schrank, Jere Burrus as Cilad terms of youthful gang waifare,heim Hand and Tom Carter as Officer of ‘Romeo and Juliet ’ lt alsoThe score contains some of Krupke suggested that the salvation ofBernstein's best known show- The cast, which has 50 mem- the series musical may he attune work “Tonight.” “Maria,” hers, is rounded out by Fred times in a third element, danc-“1 Feel Pretty.” “A Boy Like Allred. Ginger Antilly, Don mg That.” “America. “Some- Blankenship. .Janelle Burner. K r o n e n b erger particularlything's Coming,” “Cool,” One Hileen Chambliss, Patty Col- liked the way choreogiaphciHand, One H e a r t , ’ ' her. Gayle Cooper, Jane Hall. Robbins handled things. “His“Somewhere.” “Gee, Officer Fawn Hesser, Patti Hogan. Shel- switchblade rumbles jeered andKrupke.” ley Hol/apfel, J P Hogan, Kemp snorted, crouched and slitheredKemper. Lyana Lane, Deborah and sprangMorris, Rozlynj—- Here is a of architects of the current “West Side Storyhuddleunderthe Title 111 program at Abilene Community Theater. Dr. William A. Gregory. ACT managing director, dicusses blocking with Marj Baucum. choreugraphei and dance director, while Da\e Sloan the Title ill admm-a f i ristrator, cogitates on another problem at hack. iStaltPhoto bv Bilh AdamsiTHF ROLE of Maria — the:Lopez, Mark Juliet figure -- was played bv Roberts Martha Rollins, Nine, w _ | ■ ■ • - A ■('arnl Lawrence on Broadway Shaheen. Jean Stripling. Margie’ KJ IT
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Sun, Jul 23, 1967
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